Posted Aug 27, 2009, 5:53 AM
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http://www.statesman.com/opinion/con...ncil_edit.html
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EDITORIAL: DEVELOPMENT
City of Austin wins with Riverside project
EDITORIAL BOARD
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Austin City Council has an opportunity to create a first-class waterfront district that fits with the values and character of Austin. It could take a big step in that direction today by approving a $200 million project by Grayco Partners that would be built along East Riverside Drive.
The project meets all 28 requirements for the zoning change it is seeking as a planned unit development, which allows for a mixture of uses. The requirements include: limiting impervious cover to existing level, providing for increased waterfront overlay setback, providing 20 percent open space for mixed use, and treating and improving the quality of on-site storm water.
Grayco wants to include some buildings along the northern edge of the project that are 30 feet higher than the 60-foot limit permitted by the city's waterfront overlay ordinance. But height limits can and, in this case, should be modified. To obtain that change, a project must provide superior community benefits. This project does that and more.
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